Dissociative Identity Disorder

While doing some wordpress searching for new and interesting blogs, I came across a wonderful blog by Secret Shadows who explores her life as an individual with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Her blog includes thoughts, songs, poetry, letters to her therapist as well as artwork created during art therapy sessions. She also has a list of [...]

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Bad Memories, Anxiety- A thing of the past?

Could popping a pill get rid of a phobia or help reduce PTSD reactions? Maybe one day.
A new drug that may reduce the anxiety associated with bad memories was tested on undergraduate students in Holland with some preliminary success. The drug seems to undo the effects of a Pavlovian learned response, where pictures of [...]

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Laser Tag

Using your computer, Laser Tag 2.0 software, a projector, a laser pointer and a web cam you can tag or draw on your walls impermanently (i.e. in your home or office).
Graffiti Research Lab discovered this, and developed the project so that using more complex tools you can actually temporarily draw on large outdoor structures, [...]

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Graffiti Art Therapy

What does tagging, bombing and writing have to do with art therapy? A whole lot, according to Abdallah Ezekiel Rothman LPC, ATR…especially if you work with adolescents.
In 2004, Ezekiel wrote his thesis on the topic of Graffiti Art Therapy while studying at Antioch University in Seattle. His thesis includes two parts- a written research portion [...]

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